The meeting of the Council of Eight Cardinals with Pope Francis continues in the Vatican

The director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi on Tuesday afternoon held a press briefing on the second day of the on-going meeting of Pope Francis and the Council of 8 Cardinals. The Council was created on 13 April 2013 and confirmed a document known as a chirograph on 28 September, to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to draw up a plan for the revision of the Apostolic Constitution “Pastor bonus” on the Roman Curia. The Cardinals received a report from the second special commission set up by the Pope to oversee the Institute for Works of Religion, commonly known as the Vatican Bank. Charles Collins reports…